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The subtitle here tells the reader exactly what the book is about. Sobel attended antioch college and the city college of new york before receiving her bachelor of arts degree from the state university of new york at binghamton in. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of harrisons fortyyear obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one mans fortyyear obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the daythe longitude problem. How the mystery was crackd a diverse band gathers at harvard to honor john harrison, the eighteenthcentury inventor who singlehandedly revolutionized the science of timekeeping. In her thirty years as a science journalist, she has written for many magazines, and coauthored six books, including is more about dava sobel. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of longitude by dava sobel. The illustrated longitude the illustrated longitude dava sobel and william j. She has also written a stage play about copernicus, called and the sun stood still. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading longitude.
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